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OK, so this wave of LLMs doesn't eliminate blue collar or the service industry.

That leaves "just" removing white collar jobs, which is estimated at 43% of US jobs!!

https://www.dpeaflcio.org/factsheets/the-professional-and-te... (It seemingly includes nurses and teachers, which may need to be removed)



Furthermore, the jobs not impacted will be squeezed by increased competition from displaced workers driving salary down. We are going to face massive social disruption because of AI, there is no escaping this.


For context as well, the peak of unemployment in the US during the great depression was about 26% (figures I see vary but all fall under this number).




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